I2911: Richard BETTS (11 Apr 1614

Richard BETTS

11 Apr 1614 - 18 Nov 1713

BIRTH: 11 Apr 1614, Hemel Hempstead, Hartfordshire, England
DEATH: 18 Nov 1713, Newtown, Queens, Long Island, NY
BURIAL: English Kills

MARRIAGE: ABT 1640, Newtown, Queens, Long Island, NY

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[3851] "Richard Betts: Early Long Island, New York Settler"
Norris Taylor
http://members.tripod.com/~ntgen/bw/betts_index.html

"Abstract of wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Volume II. 1708-1728)"
Cornell Library New York State Historical Literature
"Richard Betts. In the name of God, Amen. I, Richard Betts, of Newtown, in Queens
County, on Nassau Island, yeoman, being in good health. I leave to my wife Johanah...
and the children of my daughter, Sarah Hunt, deceased...Proved November 26, 1713."

"Some Early New York Settlers From New England"
Walter Kendall Watkins
NEHGR, v55, p300 (Jul 1901)
"Richard Betts, who was in Ipswich, Mass., in 1648, is said to have come
from Hemel-Hempstead, Herts, Eng. He removed to Newtown, L. I., in 1656,
and died there 18 Nov. 1713. aged 100. By wife Joanna he had: Richard,
Thomas, Joanna who married John Scudder, Mary who married Joseph Swasey,
Martha who married Philip Ketchum, Elizabeth wife of Joseph Sackett, and
Sarah, wife of Edward Hunt."

"A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers
of New England, Before 1692"
James Savage
Boston, MA, 1860-1862, Vol. 1, p. 173

"Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy"
Frederick A. Virkus; Chicago, 1925
Vol 1, Appendix: "Immigrant Ancestors"
"Betts, Richard (1613-1713), from Eng. to Ipswitch, Mass., 1648;
removed to Newtown, L.I., 1656; capt., 1663; mem. Provincial
Assembly of N.Y., 1665; high sheriff of Yorkshire, L.I., 1678-81."

[3852] [S250] "Early Northeast U.S. Hunt Families"